ORIGINAL POST, MARCH 13, 12:01 P.M.: Little is known about what went down in Santa Ana Monday evening other than this: shots were fired, gang activity may have been a factor and 20-year-old Mario Carlos Hernandez is dead.

Police received a call around 6:30 p.m. about gunshots and a man down in the parking lot of apartments at North Spurgeon and East 15th streets. Officers arrived to find Hernandez, who was rushed to a local hospital where he died a short time later.

It is unknown if the victim had gang ties, but gang activity is common in the area of the shooting, according to police homicide detectives and gang-unit officers continuing to piece together what happened--and why. Anyone who can help them, even anonymously, is urged to call 714.245.8648.

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